is there anyway to take out the minimize and maxmize button?

[Mgccl]

see... once your chat changed from the original HTML based to the JS based genoration... it is so hard to change the GUI.. like if I take out the lines that genorate minimize and maxmize button... the chat simply won't work...
if there is ANY way... I mean ANY that could take out that problem... I will be very very glad...
and... BTW...
I think HTML Template for the GUI structure is MUCH better than the JS one because THAT'S WHAT HTML DESIGNED FOR...

Also... I think I might have to make my own Ajax chat program with only the most basic chat feature enabled.. so could I name it something like... PHPFREELITECHAT?.. I think I got to get your aprroveal... and yeah.. with that name... I think I could use some of your fame to boost the project...

[phpfreechat]

To hide the min/max button, just add these lines in your style.css :

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#pfc_minmax {
  display: none;
}

Moreover, if you want to help the development of phpfreechat by doing a lite version this is welcomed.
Maybe it would be better to add a parameter : $params["litegui"] = true;
than recode a full chat ?

[Mgccl]

recode will be cool for me because... I'm don't OO a lot....

[phpfreechat]

If you plan to do a full recode, why do you want to call it phpfreechatlite ?
Why do you want to keep it linked with phpfreechat ?

[madmumbler]

Also... I think I might have to make my own Ajax chat program with only the most basic chat feature enabled.. so could I name it something like... PHPFREELITECHAT?.. I think I got to get your aprroveal... and yeah.. with that name... I think I could use some of your fame to boost the project...

It's not use of a name that gives you the right to use code.

I would suggest working with Kerphi or writing your own code from scratch and calling it something different rather than trying to mislead people that it's a linked project.

I won't even get into copyright versus GNU discussions here. But I suggest you review international Berne convention rules and GNU specifics before doing anything with Kerphi's code without his permission. Improper use/attribution of code is a violation of international copyright laws.

[wrybread]

Personally I think this is a fantastic suggestion:

$params["litegui"] = true;

I just hit a bunch of problems the original poster did, like removing some GUI elements from the JS file and having the whole app break. I bet lots of people want this for a small little chat in the margin of a page, so a lite version would be great.

[phpfreechat]

I whould prefere something like : $params['theme'] = 'lite';
Ideally all the modifications to have a lite chat should be done in the theme (css + js customization)

[wrybread]

Good idea.

[mikez]

The phpfreechat is a very well-written package and took me a few days to understand how all the chunks of code worked together. I think that Kerphi struck a good compromise between making the application very user-friendly (to the non-programmer), and open to code hacking for the rest of us.

If you aren't much of a programmer, especially if you don't know OOP, you shouldn't tinker with the application and then complain why it doesn't work. If you are a programmer, you will be pleased with how well structured and modular the code is, and how easy it is to hack into it to make all kinds of cool modifications.

My .02

[kembel]

The JS generated GUI is a real pain, I still don't understand why it's done, unless the intent was obfuscation. I'm a fan of needlessly complicating things, I do it all the time, so if I'm saying things are needlessly complicated then...

[phpfreechat]

Good news, in the next version most of the gui will be created by simple html/php templates.

[kembel]

Thanks!

[EOAA]

This works in FF but in IE6 it's still there?